Napoleon Joseph Perché
Napoleon Joseph Perché (born January 10, 1805 in Angers , France , † December 27, 1883 in New Orleans , USA ) was Archbishop of New Orleans .
Life
Napoleon Joseph Perché received on September 19, 1829 sacrament of Holy Orders . He then worked as a pastor in the diocese of Angers . In 1837 Napoleon Joseph Perché came to the USA. Until 1842 he worked in the diocese of Bardstown .
On February 8, 1870, Pope Pius IX appointed him . the Titular Archbishop of Abdera and ordered him to Koadjutorerzbischof of New Orleans. The Bishop of Columbus , Sylvester Horton Rosecrans , donated him episcopal ordination on May 1 of the same year ; Co- consecrators were the Bishop of Nashville , Patrick Augustine Feehan , and the Coadjutor Bishop of Chicago , Thomas Patrick Roger Foley .
On May 25, 1870 Napoleon Joseph Perché succeeded the late Jean Marie Odin CM Archbishop of New Orleans.
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| predecessor | Office | successor |
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| Jean Marie Odin CM |
Archbishop of New Orleans 1870–1883 |
Francis Xavier Leray |
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| SURNAME | Perché, Napoleon Joseph |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French clergyman, Archbishop of New Orleans |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 10, 1805 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Angers , France |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 27, 1883 |
| Place of death | New Orleans , USA |